>UPDATE ON GERMANY 17.03.
>2088 NEW INFECTIONS:
>9360 TOTAL INFECTIONS +28.71%
>9 NEW DEATHS:
>26 TOTAL DEATHS
last update: 17.03. 23:00 GMT
source: Berliner Morgenpost
>new fatalities:
18th death: Nordrhein-Westfalen, man, 80, comorbidity, 17.03.
19th death: Nordrhein-Westfalen, man, 84, comorbidity, 17.03.
20th death: Baden-Württemberg, woman, 80+, comorbidity, 17.03.
21th death: Nordrhein-Westfalen, old, comorbidity, 17.03.
22th death: Nordrhein-Westfalen, old, comorbidity, 17.03.
23th death: Baden-Württemberg, man, 80, comorbidity, 17.03.
24th death: Nordrhein-Westfalen, 17.03.
25th death: Hessen, man, 86, 17.03.
26th death: Schleswig-Holstein, man, 78, cancer, tested post mortem, 17.03.
27th death: Baden-Württemberg, woman, 80+, died on 16.03., 17.03.
>median age of fatalities: ~80
>probable average mortality: 8,91%
>RKI reports:
+1144 = 7156 cases
+0 = 12 dead
updated: 17.03. 14:00 GMT
latest status report:
rki.de
>RKI:
Measures taken will show delayed effect, decrease in new infections to be expected in 10 to 12 days.
Risk for population in Germany is now high, cases with severe disease rise.
1 in 5 cases will develop severe disease, doubling of IC-capacity demanded.
Pandemic could last for 2 years, until 60% to 70% are infected.
>Crisis-plan for hospitals:
Reha-institutions, hotels and halls to be repurposed for mild cases.
IC-capacity to be doubled.
Drive-in testing gets more popular and contact tracing is still done.
>17.03.
Hamburg: Major promoting herd-immunity.
Berlin: 2 israeli diplomats infected.
Lufthansa: Support supply-chains for the german population from air.
German hospitals: Around 500 cases hospitalized, 1000 more expected in the next days.
Wacker Chemie: Slowdown of Ethanol deliveries is foreseeable.
source: Welt, Zeit, ntv, others
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